Venturi was started in 1984, produced GT cars until about 2000. In 1992 they were in F1 for a try, and apparently they also did Le Mans... Then the company was revived in 2001 just for electric sports cars. They captured the electric car speed record last year in August (212 mph) with a one-off car. However, I have never seen one, and I even never talked to anyone who has seen one...